Unfortunately the first two weren't public land muleys... Here is one my brother got a piece of public ground... sorry the pics are kinda blury it was getting dark and we had a long haul to get out of there before midnight...

I would say a person's best shot a big boy on public land is with a bow, by the time the rifle season comes around there usually has been enough pressure to push them onto private refuges...

02-27-2011, 08:18 PM

muskiemauler22

How did you upload your images?

02-27-2011, 09:54 PM

dhaffner

I upload them on my photobucket account. Then I just copy and paste the IMG code. There are several free image hosting websites.

02-28-2011, 12:24 PM

nydeerhunter

Im building points for the blackhills any tips for a diy hunter coming from NY.

02-28-2011, 01:12 PM

NDHunter

Quote:

Originally Posted by nydeerhunter

Im building points for the blackhills any tips for a diy hunter coming from NY.

I have never hunted the black hills but I read somewhere that there are a lot of bucks in the black hills but not very many big ones. Not sure how true it is...maybe someone here could comment on that??

02-28-2011, 02:20 PM

dhaffner

Put in for the the whitetail tag. Black hills deer are the smallest deer we hunt, it is more of a fun hunt than trophy hunt. It isn't unusual to see several bucks in a day, but a 130 deer is a nice one. If I wanted a big mule deer I would either try the West River deer season or Wyoming, Colorado, or Montana. They have the Mule Deer tags at about 10% of total tags given out, so If they get the cougers under control hopefully our Mule deer will improve.

02-28-2011, 02:48 PM

dhaffner

Here are some representative Whitetails from the Hills. There are bigger ones out there, but they are the exception rather than the rule. If I was looking for a fun hunt in reasonable terrain, it is a great place. Kind of like an easy to draw antelope hunt in Wyoming. If you want to find a wall hanger on public land I think there are better oppotunities out there...When you draw shoot me a PM

Thanks for the info on what deer to put in for. A fun hunt is all im looking for as I see the hunt as the fun part and taging a buck a bonus. So when I apply I should put in for nr whitetail, are there different units in the hills? Plan on packing in and hunting out of a small tent if that make a differance as to where i should go.